Staff Profiles

RICH LEIMSIDER

Director , Center for Business Education
Associate Director , Business and Society Program
rich.leimsider[at]aspeninstitute.org

Rich Leimsider joined the Aspen Institute in March 2005.  As Director of the Center for Business Education, he uses his experience at the intersection of business and nonprofits to better prepare managers for the social and environmental complications of modern business .  Programs of the Center include Beyond Grey Pinstripes (an alternative ranking of business schools), CasePlace.org (an online library of case studies), the Faculty Pioneer Awards, and a series of faculty networks.  Mr. Leimsider also supports Aspen's CEO Roundtable and leads a number of marketing, strategic planning, and development projects. 

Mr. Leimsider joined the Aspen Institute after a stint as a social entrepreneur.  He planned, launched, grew, and ultimately shut down a new sort of civic association for Americans who had participated in full time service programs.  Mr. Leimsider has also worked with Habitat for Humanity, City Year, the City of New York, and Teach For America. 

Mr. Leimsider  is a graduate of Harvard Business School, and attended the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work and Williams College. 

 
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